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Friday, September 20, 2013

WRN Program Schedule

Welcome to the latest edition of the WRN Newsletter providing details of upcoming programs that can be heard on the World Radio Network.

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A Prairie Home Campanion
Sunday 22nd September: A Prairie Home Companion

Asia Calling is a weekly current affairs programme produced in Jakarta by Indonesia’s only independent radio network KBR68H.

In the programme this week: Pakistan's factory fire victims remembered; Indonesia's Papua province has the highest rate of HIV/Aids across the archipelago; South Korea debates green and nuclear energy; despite reforms, Burma sends activist to jail; and China's growing hunger for imported seafood.

Broadcast times:

In Europe: Sat 1500 BST / 1600 CEST

In North America: Sat 1100 EDT / 0800 PDT

In Africa & the Middle East: Sat 0600 UTC / 0800 CAT

In Asia & the Pacific: Sat 0600 UTC / 1600 AEST

Radio Guangdong
Saturday 21st, Sunday 22nd September: Radio Guangdong

Radio Guangdong, established in October 1949, is a leading radio group in south China. Radio Guangdong programmes cover political, economic, social and cultural issues; programmes about Guangdong, programmes about Guangdong people and programmes linking Guangdong with the world.

In the program this week: The Chinese invasion of English. The Wall Street Journal recently used the Chinglish word "dama" - a colloquial Chinese term which refers to middle-aged women; an American Travel magazine survey listed Guangzhou and Shenzhen on the world's twenty least friendly cities; and the government's "anti-extravagance campaign" to ban gift-giving as a form of bribery during the mid-Autumn festival. In other news, the debut of "Full Moon Insurance" and a Chinese space probe is set to land on the moon.

Radio New International
Saturday 21st September: Radio New Zealand International Dateline Pacific

RNZI is New Zealand's only shortwave station, broadcasting to the Island nations of the Pacific. Its broadcasts range from Papua New Guinea in the west across to French Polynesia in the east, covering all South Pacific countries in between.

In the program this week: Shock in American Samoa after a bus carrying a school volleyball team is attacked; AidWatch critical of the Australian government's decision to reintegrate AusAid into the Department of Foreign Affairs; people around the Pacific are being urged to reflect on the situations within their communities on the International Day of Peace; Papua New Guinea's former Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare sounds a note of caution over the government takeover of the Ok Tedi mine; Guadalcanal premier replacing executive after resignations; and a Marshall Islands politician is unhappy with John Key nuclear response.

Fresh Air Weekend with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.

In the program this week: Journalist Barton Gellman recounts how he began corresponding with whistle-blower Edward Snowden; a new documentary looks at Billie Jean King's legacy as both a tennis champion and the leader of a female player uprising; and Jonathan Lethem's new novel was inspired by his own family story.

Click here to listen to the program.

Broadcast times:

In Europe: Sat 1100 BST / 1200 CEST

In Africa and the Middle East: Sun 1300 UTC / 1500 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: Sun 1300 UTC / Sun 2300 AEST

Ways to listen:

WRN's English language services and your favourite programs can be heard all around the world. To find out how to tune in, visit the ways to listen section on our website.

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